SAIL signs JV agreement for wagon components manufacturing facility

Kolkata, May 25: Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) today signed a joint venture agreement with Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL) at Kolkata for setting up a Wagon Components Manufacturing Facility at the premises of BSCL at...

Delhi Metro offered fully-automated, driverless train system

Dubai, May 25 French defence and civilian technologies major Thales has offered Delhi Metro, which each day makes 2,400 trips and carries 1.8 million passengers, the same safety, communication and navigation system that helps Dubai run its fully-automated,...

President of the Republic of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo Mendez meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

The President of the Republic of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo Mendez meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on May 25, 2012. Related Posts:Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh presenting a memento to the outgoing President, Pratibha Devisingh...

Kerala to forgo sales tax on petrol

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25  A day after the petrol price hike, the Kerala government at a special cabinet meeting decided to forgo the sales tax on petrol, reducing its price by Rs.1.63 per litre. “This will cost the exchequer Rs.218 crore,”...

Railways, ITDC jointly offer tourism services

New Delhi, May 25  The Indian Railways and the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) joined hands to improve tourism services offered by the two entities, drawing maximum advantage from each other’s large customer base, expertise and network...

PNB felicitates Delhi Fire Service

New Delhi : There has been an incident of fire in Bank’s Parliament Street building on 23.05.2012. The team of Delhi Fire Service along with Delhi Police handled the situation in a very professional way resulting in no loss of life or material damage...

Government sets up panel to review poverty line

New Delhi, May 25  The government set up a technical panel to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for deciding the poverty line for which it has under increasing criticism in recent months. The technical group panel headed by the Prime Minister’s...

Sri Lanka to launch its first satellite in 2015

Colombo, May 25  China will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said. Local company Supreme SAT said it has reached an agreement with the Sri Lankan board of investment for $20 million for the project. It has entered into an...

Arsenic Contamination: WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, DRINK…

Arsenic Contamination WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, DRINK By Dhurjati Mukherjee New Delhi, May 25 : Recent reports indicate that arsenic contamination of groundwater from the Yamuna floodplains in the country’s Capital, Delhi is several times higher than the...

REC registers 24% growth in total income

New Delhi, May 24 : Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a Navratna Public Sector Company has declared its quarterly/yearly results for the period ended 31st March, 2012. In a meeting held on 23/05/2012 the Board of Directors of the corporation approved...

CMD (Incharge) of NMDC, N.K. Nanda and the CMD of RINL, A.P. Choudhary exchanging the signed documents of an MoU

The CMD (Incharge) of NMDC, N.K. Nanda and the CMD of RINL, A.P. Choudhary exchanging the signed documents of an MoU to develop a Slurry pipeline of about 450 km. from Jagdalpur to Vishakhapatnam in the presence of the Union Steel Minister, Beni Prasad...

Australian High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese called on the Union Steel Minister, Beni Prasad Verma

The Australian High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese called on the Union Steel Minister, Beni Prasad Verma, in New Delhi on May 22, 2012. Related Posts:The Chairman-cum-MD, MOIL, G.P. Kundargi presenting the dividend cheque to the Steel Minister,...